Regionally Speaking, Thursday, April 22, 2021

Today:   We have three conversations with local reaction to the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis  (pictured: post-verdict reaction from George Floyd family members) --  first, from state Senator Eddie Melton (D-Gary), and then from Griffith Police Chief Greg Mance and finally, from Purdue University Northwest associate English professor Colette Morrow.  Melton has a post-verdict statement from his fellow Black legislators and the Indiana Democratic Party, and he talks about the measures that he authored or supported that will lead to police reform in Indiana.  Chief Mance brings us a local view of the issues that law enforcement face, including the training that his police officers receive to deal with them.   Professor Morrow held a Zoom meeting just hours after the verdict was announced, to offer a "safe place to speak and listen " about the tensions created after the George Floyd death.   She has some in-depth observations on these issues of the day.